Good news for Prison Fellowship supporters in California who wanted to participate in last weekend’s Spartan Race in Virginia, but were unable to take the cross-country trip to be a part of the festivities—there is another opportunity to tie up your running shoes and get some exercise, while supporting Prison Fellowship.
Last Sunday, a team of PF staff and supporters took part in the Spartan Race in Leesburg, Virginia. As the pictures below might indicate, the Spartan Race is not your average 10k race. Participants are challenged with a number of obstacles and challenges, making completion of the 8-9 mile course a little more difficult, and a lot messier.
A new law in Ohio is improving opportunities for juvenile offenders and helping them integrate back into society.
Senate Bill 337, signed into law by Governor John Kasich, allows for juvenile records to be expunged after six months, excluding convictions of murder, attempted murder, or rape.
It is beyond debate that serving time in prison has a lasting effect on inmates well after they are released. Prison records follow them as they apply for jobs, attempt to procure loans, or find a place to live. Opportunities to network with new business associates and clients have to start from scratch.
More of the 2.7 million children of prisoners in the U.S. will be connected with their incarcerated parents this holiday season, thanks to a new partnership between Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program and the Church of the Nazarene. The denomination’s Board of General Superintendents recently voted to encourage Church of the Nazarene congregations across the country to take part in the only nationwide, year-round effort that reaches out exclusively to children with a parent in prison.
A new law signed last week by New Jersey governor Chris Christie will help provide new employment opportunities for recently released prisoners, according to a story on njtoday.net.
Previous legislation banned any person convicted of a serious crime from working for an employer that held a valid liquor license, unless they had received an employment permit from the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
The PF Racing team is training hard to prepare for the upcoming Spartan Race in Leesburg, Virginia, on August 26.
If you love to run, and are looking for a new and challenging way to compete, consider joining PF Racing for this event.
Inmates from prisons throughout Australia are participating in a unique program that allows them to show off their artistic talents to those outside the prison walls.
Art from Inside, a program run by Prison Fellowship Australia for over 10 years, provides inmates with an outlet for artistic expression, and a way to work through the issues that have led them to prison.
The Board of General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene has announced that the denomination has entered into a partnership with Prison Fellowship, and is committed to increasing the number of its churches that participate in Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program.
Lucius Jenkins could have become a statistic.
When police officers arrested eight year-old Lucius’ father on charges of sexual abuse, he could have gone the way of many other children with incarcerated parents – behavioral problems at school, becoming isolated from friends and family, or even following his father to prison.
A former prisoner of war had some words of advice for those preparing inmates to return to society.
“No matter what the circumstances may be, we must include in our plan for life our plan to deal with life’s realities,” Tom Moe told the over 200 social workers, probation officers, and others gathered at the Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition meeting in Akron, Ohio.
During the 11 years he spent in the Standish Correctional Facility in Michigan, DeWayne Wilkerson had a revelation. Realizing that poor decisions in his life had led him to where he was, Wilkerson committed to spreading the word that people have power over the choices they make in life.
Prison Fellowship CEO Jim Liske has written a commentary for the Fox News website. In the article, Liske highlights the care and concern Jesus displayed to children, and urges Christians to take seriously the call to serve those who are vulnerable and in need.
In addition to providing recycling services, a non-profit organization in Indianapolis is providing the community with another important service – assisting ex-inmates in their integration back into society.
Since being established in 2005, RecycleForce has hired hundreds of former inmates, providing them with transitional jobs while preparing them for more permanent employment.
A successful reentry program in Philadelphia is being discontinued, the victim of budgetary cutbacks in Pennsylvania.
Philly ReNew, a program initiated by the 224 year-old Pennsylvania Prison Society, boasts a 70 percent success rate, having helped more than 400 men in prison (all parents) obtain GED degrees and find employment.